BBL: Perth Scorchers beat Hobart Hurricanes to seal finals spot

Another night, another big successful Perth Scorchers run chase after the defending champions beat the Hobart Hurricanes by five wickets.

The Hurricanes did a good job of posting 5-167 after being sent into bat by Scorchers captain Adam Voges at the WACA Ground.

They were 4-68 but made 98 off the last nine overs on the back of an unbeaten 66 from 37 to Simon Milenko.

Hobart started well with the ball having the home side 2-34 after five overs.

But an impressive and fluent 54 (36) from Cameron Bancroft put the Scorchers on target before Ashton Turner (50 not out from 27) and Ashton Agar (13 from 11) took them safely home with four balls remaining.

The Scorchers improve to a 7-2 record to go top of the table, but second-placed Adelaide Strikers have a game in hand.

The Hurricanes slip to 5-4 and must beat the Melbourne Stars at the MCG next Saturday for a finals spot. Even then, it's not guaranteed.

The Hurricanes started strongly with Matthew Wade (31 from 17) firing but the Scorchers put the clamps on to soon restrict them to 4-68 in the 11th over.

Ashton Agar (2-14) was the star with the ball for the Scorchers including bowling 16 dot balls, but it was George Bailey (37 from 33) and Milenko who got the Hurricanes to a competitive total.

Milenko had only scored a total of 60 runs in 10 previous BBL matches, but delivered an outstanding 66 from 37 balls with four boundaries and five sixes.

The job was ahead of the Scorchers but they've made a habit of chasing down big scorers at the WACA this BBL campaign.

Test opener Bancroft set up the win with impressive hitting with five fours and two sixes in his 54.

A stunning direct hit out run out from the boundary by Jofra Archer gave Hobart a sniff late to dismiss Voges for 11 in the 18th over, but Turner ensured that wouldn't happen.

He hit four fours and two sixes in his unbeaten 50 to make it six straight home wins for the Scorchers.

Tymal Mills was best with the ball for Hobart with 1-25, including topping the 150km/hr mark.

Turner was excited to all but secure the home semi-final at the new Perth Stadium.

"We love playing here in Perth in front of our fans. We talked before the game that this was the start of our finals campaign," Turner said.

"There's an awesome new stadium that's been purpose-built for big games like this so I'm really happy we can do the job tonight and get over there after our last game here. Hopefully Perth can fill it up."

Milenko's unbeaten knock of 66 was the highlight of the night for the Hurricanes.

"It was nice to get a few out of the middle tonight," Milenko said.

"I came in when we were in trouble so it was nice for it come off for me when we needed it."